Synonyms for cholestérol
kəˈlɛs təˌroʊl, -ˌrɔlcholestérol

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1. cholesterol, cholesterinnoun

   an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues

   Synonyms:
   cholesterin, cholesterol

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1. List of paraphrases for "cholesterol":

   cholestérol, hypercholesterolemia

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cholesterol

   Synonyms:
   Materia peccans

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1. Michael Orlich:

   In our Adventist Health Study-2 people tended to have lower blood pressures, lower LDL cholesterol, less prevalence of the metabolic syndrome, and less diabetes, broadly defined vegetarians, which includes the pesco - and the semi-vegetarian, have a lower risk of colorectal cancer by about 22 %. Pesco-vegetarians have a lower risk for prostate cancer.

2. Natalie Muth:

   At the same time, pediatricians are diagnosing type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, and high cholesterol in our young patients. These are health problems that we rarely saw in children in the past. These are health problems associated with high sugar intake.

3. Luke Laffin:

   The basics are still very important, and include not smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, a diet of moderation, like fruits and vegetables, and regular exercise. I also would encourage you to seek the opinion of your regular physician or a cardiologist about more aggressive modification and treatment of risk factors, such as elevated LDL cholesterol and hypertension, ask his or her opinion about targeting even lower LDL cholesterol levels than they normally would in a person with your similar traditional risk factor profile, but without elevated Lp(a).

4. Lindsay Farrer:

   For every 15 points that your blood sugar goes up, your risk of Alzheimer's goes up by 14.5 % later in life, having high cholesterol may not cause Alzheimer's, but it presses the fast-forward button on the disease pathology and cognitive decline.

5. Danielle Talenti:

   Eating 1.5 ounces per day of peanuts along with a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol can help reduce the risk of heart disease, this benefit may come from the healthy unsaturated fats and fiber that peanuts contain.